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1982 • 53,055 citations

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1978 • 1,022 citations

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1978 • 824 citations

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1991 • 664 citations

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1997 • 648 citations

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1992 • 480 citations

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1989 • 458 citations

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1988 • 445 citations

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2000 • 428 citations

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1999 • 397 citations

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1991 • 376 citations

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1991 • 364 citations

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1983 • 361 citations

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1998 • 359 citations

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1998 • 345 citations

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1993 • 336 citations

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1998 • 335 citations

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1999 • 304 citations

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1983 • 300 citations

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1996 • 273 citations

Immuno-electron microscopical demonstration of vasopressin and oxytocin synapses in the limbic system of the rat

1979 • 258 citations

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1993 • 240 citations

Stress increases oxytocin release within the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus

1998 • 218 citations

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1991 • 216 citations

Release of oxytocin within the supraoptic nucleus during the milk ejection reflex in rats

1989 • 215 citations

Electrophysiological evidence for facilitatory control of oxytocin neurones by oxytocin during suckling in the rat.

1984 • 213 citations

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1990 • 206 citations

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1998 • 202 citations

Hyper‐Reactive Hypothalamo‐Pituitary‐Adrenocortical Axis in Rats Bred for High Anxiety‐Related Behaviour

1999 • 198 citations

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1987 • 192 citations

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1991 • 184 citations

Central administration of oxytocin modulates the infant rats response to social isolation

1991 • 184 citations

Limbic pathways and hypothalamic neurotransmitters mediating adrenocortical responses to neural stimuli

1995 • 184 citations

Localization of oxytocin receptor messenger ribonucleic acid in the rat brain

1993 • 180 citations

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1988 • 176 citations

Animal Models in Psychopharmacology

1991 • 175 citations

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1999 • 165 citations

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1997 • 162 citations

Oxytocin linked antistress effects--the relaxation and growth response.

1997 • 161 citations

Changes in Oxytocin Receptor mRNA in Rat Brain During Pregnancy and the Effects of Estrogen and Interleukin‐6

1997 • 158 citations

Endogenous oxytocin is involved in short-term olfactory memory in female rats

1998 • 155 citations

Oxytocin causes a sustained decrease in plasma levels of corticosterone in rats

1999 • 153 citations

Effects of stress and glucocorticoids on CNS oxytocin receptor binding

1997 • 145 citations

Septal and Hippocampal Release of Vasopressin and Oxytocin during Late Pregnancy and Parturition in the Rat

1991 • 137 citations

Central and peripheral release of vasopressin and oxytocin in the conscious rat after osmotic stimulation

1988 • 135 citations

Oxytocin potently enhances novelty-induced grooming behavior in the rat

1986 • 132 citations

Oxytocin in Maternal, Sexual, and Social Behaviors

1992 • 128 citations

A single social defeat experience selectively stimulates the release of oxytocin, but not vasopressin, within the septal brain area of male rats

2000 • 125 citations

Topography of the oxytocin receptor system in rat brain: an autoradiographical study with a selective radioiodinated oxytocin antagonist.

1988 • 121 citations

Estradiol induces oxytocin binding sites in rat hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus

1985 • 119 citations

An immuno-electronmicroscopical study comparing vasopressin, oxytocin, substance P and enkephalin containing nerve terminals in the nucleus of the solitary tract of the rat

1983 • 111 citations

Oxytocin increases nociceptive thresholds in a long-term perspective in female and male rats

1996 • 111 citations

Intracerebrally Released Vasopressin and Oxytocin: Measurement, Mechanisms and Behavioural Consequences

1995 • 111 citations

Septal and Hippocampal Release of Oxytocin, but not Vasopressin, in the Conscious Lactating Rat During Suckling

1989 • 104 citations

Oxytocin induces preservation of social recognition in male rats by activating α‐adrenoceptors of the olfactory bulb

2000 • 101 citations

[3H]oxytocin binding sites in the rat brain demonstrated by quantitative light microscopic autoradiography

1984 • 99 citations

Electrical stimulations of perifused magnocellular nuclei in vitro elicit Ca2+-dependent, tetrodotoxin-insensitive release of oxytocin and vasopressin

1987 • 86 citations

Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Regulation Following Lesions of the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala

1997 • 80 citations

A role of central oxytocin in autonomic functions: Its action in the motor nucleus of the vagus nerve

1988 • 80 citations

Oxytocin binding sites in rat limbic and hypothalamic structures: Site-specific modulation by adrenal and gonadal steroids

1993 • 78 citations

Influence of the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala on the Content of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor in the Median Eminence

1989 • 68 citations

Central Oxytocin Mediates Stress‐Induced Tachycardia

1995 • 64 citations

Oxytocin-induced inhibition of feeding and drinking: No sexual dimorphism in rats

1991 • 64 citations

A further analysis of physiological changes in rats in the forced swim test

1994 • 63 citations

Stress-Specific Modulation of ACTH Secretion by Oxytocin

1986 • 58 citations

Correlation between oxytocin neuronal sensitivity and oxytocin-binding sites in the amygdala of the rat: electrophysiological and histoautoradiographic study

1994 • 53 citations

Oxytocin in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis and Lateral Septum Facilitates Bursting of Hypothalamic Oxytocin Neurons in Suckled Rats

1991 • 49 citations

Confirmation of the inhibitory influence of exogenous oxytocin on cortisol and ACTH in man: Evidence of reproducibility

1987 • 47 citations

The Brain Oxytocin Receptor(s?)

1999 • 47 citations

Oxytocin excites neurones in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis of the lactating rat in vitro

1990 • 46 citations

Central oxytocin systems may mediate a cardiovascular response to acute stress in rats

1989 • 42 citations

Limbic Regions Mediating Central Actions of Oxytocin on the Milk‐Ejection Reflex in the Rat

1995 • 41 citations

Immunoneutralization of oxytocin attenuates stress-induced corticotropin secretion in the rat

1985 • 40 citations

Oxytocin reduces exercise-induced ACTH and cortisol rise in man

1988 • 34 citations

Synaptic associations between oxytocin-containing magnocellular neurons and neurons containing corticotropin-releasing factor in the rat magnocellular paraventricular nucleus

1992 • 34 citations

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1986 • 32 citations

Interactions between Neurohypophysial Hormones and the ACTH‐Adrenocortical Axis^a

1993 • 29 citations

Neurocrinie et synapses neurosécrétoires.

1954 • 26 citations

Oxytocin inhibits nonphasically firing supraoptic and paraventricular neurons in the virgin female rat

1993 • 26 citations

Electrophysiology of Oxytocin Actions on Central Neuronsa

1992 • 26 citations

Vasopressin and Oxytocin

1998 • 26 citations

Oxytocin Excites Neurons Located in the Ventromedial Nucleus of the Guinea‐Pig Hypothalamus

1991 • 20 citations

A possible role for oxytocin in the response to a psychological stressor

1986 • 11 citations

Central oxytocin neurotransmission. Receptor characterisation and role in modulating limbic circuits in the peripartum period.

1998 • 5 citations